This week's Country Life magazine finds things to celebrate in 2016
** Nearly 150 diary dates—plays, music, paintings and gardens, as well as Britain’s most interesting shops, enchanting country shows, holidays with horses and new places to eat, drink and stay—guaranteed to make the year ahead count
** The home of the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Gaskell hasrecently been restored, with her domestic interior re-created, and is open to the public.
** Averil King esteems the accomplished work of Edward Robert Hughes, an associate of the pre-Raphaelites
** Property market report: The market’s had a challenging year, but Penny Churchill is optimistic
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‘Seeing all these pictures at the same time is a rare privilege’: ‘Goya to Impressionism’ opens at The CourtauldThe Courtauld’s new exhibition marks the first time that a significant portion of one of Switzerland’s most important art collections has been shown in one go, outside of the country.
